Publications
This handbook provides practical information about tenants’ rights in private housing — housing that is owned by an individual or a privately-owned company.
An indispensable handbook for all who need to know about the SNAP program in Massachusetts.
This Guide answers questions about applications, eligibility, benefits, and appeals in the unemployment insurance (UI) process.
An Advocate’s Guide to the Massachusetts Welfare Rules for Families
This Guide helps advocates through the maze of Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) rules and regulations.
A Guide to Emergency Shelter and Rehousing Services for Homeless Families with Children in Massachusetts
This Guide leads advocates and homeless families through the rules governing eligibility for Emergency Assistance.
An Advocate’s Guide to the Massachusetts ConnectorCare Program
This Guide is designed for advocates helping low- and moderate-income clients who are not eligible for MassHealth, but may qualify for the ConnectorCare program.
This Guide is designed to assist low-income residents and their advocates in navigating government-funded housing programs in Massachusetts.
This update to the Review of the Housing Development Incentive Program Report provides troubling new data and continued concerns about this costly program that supports only higher priced housing.
Review of the city’s housing policies with proposals for an equitable and inclusive approach.
The Affordable Homes Act, H.4138 (Bond Bill), called for significant investments in housing as well as policies intended to protect tenants and provide new tools for local communities. We must ensure that this Bond Bill emerges as the comprehensive vehicle we need to meet our housing emergency.
Using information gathered from public records requests to the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), this report reviews the the Housing Development Incentive Program (“HDIP”).
by the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the Justice Center for Southeast Massachusetts
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) and the Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts (JCSEM) have released an innovative report analyzing the high rate of eviction cases where tenants default, or do not appear, at a court hearing.
by Susan R. Elsen, Esq. and Sarah E. Esposito, MPP
Families and youth shared essential insights into what services worked for them, inside and outside of DCF. They also shared important information about the impact of the DCF system on the effectiveness of its services.
by Ashley Burnside and Parker Gilkesson of CLASP, and Patricia Baker of MLRI
MLRI collaborated with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) on this report which describes the MA SNAP policy option, legislative history and recommendations for how stakeholders can reduce food insecurity among college students with low incomes by expanding their access to SNAP.